Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] unless the " in BNC.

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1 The sequel was the War Powers Act ( 1973 ) under which the President had to inform Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces abroad ; in addition the forces had to be withdrawn unless the action was formally authorized by Congress .
2 Last year the DoE sent out a circular to local authorities stating that planning permission should not be given unless the impact on any old junk ( officially known as ‘ archaeological remains ’ ) had been fully considered .
3 here the proceeds do not exceed the cost of the asset less the allowance claimed , an allowance equal to the shortfall will be given unless the original expenditure was pooled , in which case the balance of the pooled expenditure after deducting the disposal proceeds will continue to be written down at 25% per annum .
4 ( e ) If , as is normal , the regulations merely give the directors power to refuse to register , as opposed to making their passing of transfers a condition precedent to registration , the transferee is entitled to be registered unless the directors resolve as a board to reject .
5 It is therefore fair to say that , as a general rule , the courts are prepared to imply some degree of mobility into every contract of employment but this is likely to be limited unless the nature of the job or work performed by the employee is one where mobility would be recognised by both sides as being essential to the job .
6 Whilst uncertainty about the volume and growth of defence spending is unlikely to be resolved unless the Soviet regime changes its character , few would dispute that the military 's traditional claim on resources has been a major burden on the civilian economy .
7 By section 16 of the Adoption Act 1976 , an adoption order should not be made unless the parties agree or the court was satisfied that making of the adoption order should be dispensed with on , inter alia , the ground that the parent was withholding agreement unreasonably .
8 ( 1 ) No reconstruction or extension of or alteration in any premises in respect of which a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) is in force , being a reconstruction , extension or alteration which will affect a public or common part of such remises or any communication with such part , shall be made unless the licensing board within whose area such premises are situated has consented to such reconstruction , extension or alteration at a quarterly meeting of the board or at such other time as may be appointed by the board , or unless such reconstruction , extension or alteration is required by order of some lawful authority .
9 A cancellation fee of 25% of tuition fees will be made unless the school receives notice of cancellation , in writing , two weeks before the course is due to start .
10 In answer to the second question posed by the Attorney-General , no stay should be imposed unless the defendant shows on the balance of probabilities that owing to the delay he will suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial can be held : in other words , that the continuance of the prosecution amounts to a misuse of the process of the court .
11 ‘ In answer to the second question posed by the Attorney-General , no stay should be imposed unless the defendant shows on the balance of probabilities that owing to the delay he will suffer prejudice to the extent that no fair trial can be held : in other words , that the continuance of the prosecution amounts to a misuse of the process of the court .
12 It has some fine Renaissance ceilings on the second floor although these are under lock and key and can not be seen unless the keyholder happens to be in the museum that day .
13 He says in the autobiography erm my view was that every president was a and this was a famous phrase every president was a steward of the people , a steward of the people , bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin curious turn of phrase I decline he says to adopt the view that what is imperatively necessary for the nation can not be done unless the president can find some specific authorization to do it in the constitution .
14 At this stage the parties can request an oral hearing which will be granted unless the appeal is an obvious winner or loser .
15 Hambros Jersey contended that the jurisdiction conferred by this rule can only properly be exercised by analogy to R.S.C. , Ord. 11 , so that leave should not be granted unless the case falls within one of the paragraphs of Ord. 11 , r. 1(1) .
16 Where a relative or friend of a person in custody inquires as to his whereabouts , that person should normally be told unless the detainee objects or unless any of the factors , noted above , justifying delay , apply .
17 Words like coward , stupid or effeminate should probably never be used unless the client has used that very word himself .
18 Once again it should be stressed that , because all grains are used , this form of analysis should not be used unless the size distribution is fully known .
19 6 The question of detriment It has been suggested in some cases ( see eg Coco v Clark ( AN ) ( Engineers ) Ltd [ 1969 ] RPC 41 ) that an obligation of confidence will not be enforced unless the disclosure or use of the information results in a detriment to the plaintiff or an advantage to his competitors .
20 Continuous running of these facilities is not recommended and should be avoided unless the offline system is run concurrently to service the store/restore requests .
21 ( Note that the law seems to assume that it is the father who should be prosecuted unless the mother alone has custody . )
22 As a Knesset member Weizmann could not be prosecuted unless the House Committee and the plenum voted to lift his immunity .
23 11.7 When an employee has been assaulted in the course of duty , the police must be called unless the manager and employee make a case for this not to be done .
24 An estoppel will not be raised unless the representation was intentional or negligent .
25 As AMPS are shares , dividends can not be paid in respect of them except out of distributable profits , nor can they be redeemed unless the redemption is financed out of distributable profits or by a fresh issue of shares .
26 In extreme cases perhaps it is , but relief should not be refused unless the applicant 's conduct or motive makes it inappropriate to award the relief sought in this case : courts should not refuse relief in order to penalize an applicant for bad conduct unrelated to the relief sought .
27 The committee concluded by recommending that the new THORP plant should be abandoned unless the financial consequences were prohibitive .
28 Strong , but not ‘ too heavy to move ’ , covers must be provided unless the area is absolutely cat , dog and vandal proof .
29 The draft legislation appears to indicate that acquisition tax can not be recovered unless the taxpayer is in possession of a valid tax invoice from his EC supplier .
30 Soldiers in Agades rioted on Sept. 22 , threatening that 110 Tuareg civilians would be executed unless the rebels freed 40 police and army hostages within 48 hours , but by Sept. 24 , officers had reportedly restored order .
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